| 1953 Palm Beach 100 NASCAR Cup Series Race 1 of 37 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $3,525 | Race Date: | Feb 1, 1953 | Palm_Beach_Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 2 Laps | Race Duration: | 1Hr 39Min 38Sec. | West Palm Beach, Florida | |
| Lead Changes: | 2 Among / 3 Drivers | Average Speed: | 60.220 MPH | .500 Mile Dirt | |
| No. of Cars: | 23 | No. of Cautions: | TBA | ||
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Lee Petty L. Petty | Driver: | Dick Rathmann D. Rathmann | Dodge: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #42 Dodge | Car No.: | #120 Hudson | Plymouth: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Petty Enterprises | Team: | Walt Chapman | Hudson: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Lee Petty | Crew Chief: | Nash: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 152 of 200 | Pole Speed: | 65.028 MPH | |||||
| Official 1953 Palm Beach 100 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 9 | 200 | 152 |
| 2 | 9 | 41 | Jimmie Lewallen | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 5 | 198 | 0 |
| 3 | 4 | 91 | Tim Flock | Ted Chester (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 4 | 197 | 0 |
| 4 | 12 | 1 | Herschel Buchanan | Herschel Buchanan (Car Owner) | Running | Nash | 1 | 192 | 0 |
| 5 | 10 | 86 | Don Oldenberg | Bill House (Car Owner) | Running | Lincoln | 1 | 186 | 0 |
| 6 | 11 | 55 | Bub King | Bub King (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 185 | 0 |
| 7 | 22 | 60 | Dub Livingston | Dub Livingston (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 183 | 0 |
| 8 | 5 | 13 | Pop McGinnis | Irving Frye (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 182 | 0 |
| 9 | 6 | 9 | Donald Thomas | Fabulous Hudson Hornet | Running | Hudson | 0 | 181 | 0 |
| 10 | 20 | 67 | Sam DiRusso | Sam DiRusso (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 180 | 0 |
| 11 | 2 | 14 | Fonty Flock | Frank Christian (Car Owner) | Running |  | 1 | 174 | 0 |
| 12 | 13 | 51 | Gober Sosebee | Cherokee Garage | Running | Chrysler | 1 | 172 | 0 |
| 13 | 19 | 102 | Marion Edwards | Running | | 0 | 166 | 0 | |
| 14 | 16 | 167 | Elton Hildreth | Hildreth Motors | Accident | Nash | 0 | 159 | 0 |
| 15 | 21 | 57 | Jack Culpepper | Overheating |  | 1 | 119 | 0 | |
| 16 | 14 | T-2 | Herb Tillman | Herb Tillman | Overheating | | 0 | 104 | 0 |
| 17 | 18 | Jack Lawrence | Jack Lawrence (Car Owner) | Hub | | 0 | 101 | 0 | |
| 18 | 17 | Allan Clarke | Ignition |  | 1 | 76 | 0 | ||
| 19 | 8 | 31 | Al Keller | George Miller (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 73 | 0 |
| 20 | 15 | 37 | Hank Ribet | Norm Johnson (Car Owner) | | 0 | 68 | 0 | |
| 21 | 3 | 92 | Herb Thomas | Fabulous Hudson Hornet | Driveshaft | Hudson | 0 | 48 | 45 |
| 22 | 1 | 120 | Dick Rathmann | Walt Chapman (Car Owner) | Hudson | 0 | 31 | 3 | |
| 23 | 23 | 196 | Lucky Sawyer | Lucky Sawyer (Car Owner) | Ignition | | 0 | 4 | 0 |
